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species Achrioptera fallax Coquerel, 1861

• Distribution:
  •  Madagascar
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (15):
  • Coquerel. 1861. Ann. Soc. entomol. Fr. (4)1:495, pl. 9:1 >> Achrioptera fallax    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5063
  • Kirby, W.F. 1891. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6)8:150   >> Note: Misspelling of genus (Acroioptera)
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:394   >> Achrioptera fallax
  • Redtenbacher. 1908. Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. III. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini). 3:440   >> Achrioptera fallax
  • Paulian. 1961. Faune de Madagascar XIII. La zoogéographie de Madagascar et des iles voisines 140, fig >> Achrioptera fallax
  • Cliquennois. 2003. Le Bulletin de Phyllie 16(2):5   >> Note: Type not traced >> Achrioptera fallax
  • Hennemann & Conle. 2004. Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 94:11, figs. 1-2, 23-25, 36-39, 60 63, 74-75, 86   >> Note: female, egg >> Achrioptera fallax
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 40   >> Achrioptera fallax
  • Thomas, S.L. 2012. PSG Newsletter 127:16 >> Note: rearing >> Achrioptera fallax
  • Thomas, S.L. 2015. 135:12 >> Note: rearing >> Achrioptera fallax
  • Harman. 2015. PSG Newsletter 135:26 >> Note: PSG culture stock notes >> Achrioptera fallax
  • Büscher, Buckley, Grohmann, Gorb & Bradler. 2018. Front. Ecol. Evol. 6:1-11   >> Note: Phylogeny and tarsal morphology >> Achrioptera fallax
  • Bushell, I. 2019. PSG Newsletter 143:5 >> Note: Some previous photos relate to A. manga (blue) NOT A. fallax (yellowish green), hence PSH Culture Stock 327 now refers to manga >> Achrioptera fallax
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 561   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Achrioptera fallax
  • Cliquennois & Bradler. 2022. In Goodman & et al. [Ed.]. The New Natural History of Madagascar 1191 >> Note: in checklist of Madagascan species >> Achrioptera fallax
• Scrutiny:
  • Büscher, 2019, according to Glaw et al. 2019 often confused with Achrioptera manga, a new species unrecognised and described therein.
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, Western Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Port Leven
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Status of type:  lost
  • Location of type:  MNHN Paris

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